His response was the cutest though......"But dad.........what if there's a robber coming into the house........I can't go into the kitchen and get the house phone because he'll see me......I can use my cellphone from my room."

He then gets on to alltel.com, and proceeds to show me which one he wants.......to his credit, he picked out some $49.00 phone, not some $600 cellular monstrosity.